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MISSION: To provide industry exposure and support to feature screenwriters who are looking to have their stories told.

FEEDBACK: We believe that writers need feedback to improve, which is why every single entry receives FREE FEEDBACK

PROMISE: We promise to give all scripts two rounds of scores and there will be a total of six rounds of scores to ensure fairness and transparency.

JUDGING: Our judges are all industry-experienced gatekeepers. The final round of judging will be completed by the best readers, guest jurors, and at least one industry member. Judging will be based on all aspects that make stories great. Budget and marketability will not be considered for this contest.
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MISSION: To provide industry exposure and support to feature screenwriters who are looking to have their stories told.

FEEDBACK: We believe that writers need feedback to improve, which is why every single entry receives FREE FEEDBACK

PROMISE: We promise to give all scripts two rounds of scores and there will be a total of six rounds of scores to ensure fairness and transparency.

JUDGING: Our judges are all industry-experienced gatekeepers. The final round of judging will be completed by the best readers, guest jurors, and at least one industry member. Judging will be based on all aspects that make stories great. Budget and marketability will not be considered for this contest.

JURY:

Karen Kirkland
Karen Kirkland is a literary agent at the prestigious Abrams Artist Agency. Formerly, she worked as Nickelodean’s VP of Talent Development and numerous writers she has worked with have gone on to work at major outlets such as HBO, Comedy Central, Adult Swim, Fox, Amazon, Hulu, and NBCUniversal

Scott Carr
Scott Carr is the principal literary manager at Management SGC. He has a history of working hard with his clients to sell their specs, get them staffed, and land them open writing assignments. He’s successfully worked with young writers to see their work realized, like with MISS SLOANE starring Jessica Chastain.

Melissa Azizi
Melissa Azizi is an executive at Pretty Pictures (THE DANISH GIRL, KINSEY). Melissa was on the WeScreenplay Feature Jury last year and is currently producing the 2nd place winner’s work!

Michael Doven
Michael Doven is the producer of such celebrated films as MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, VANILLA SKY, MINORITY REPORT, A FEW GOOD MEN and THE LAST SAMURAI.
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Rules

Please see https://www.wescreenplay.com/contests/feature for rules.

Awards

WeScreenplay as part of The WeScreenplay Feature Competition is giving away cash and prizes, including a $1,000 cash grand prize, but most importantly the top scripts will be considered by our industry jury which includes Hollywood producers, agents, and managers. Plus, every entrant receives free feedback on their project to help improve their writing.

Past WeScreenplay winners have optioned their projects, developed work with producers, and been signed by places like Heroes and Villains, Industry Entertainment, Zero Gravity, and more.

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WeScreenplay Names Contest Winners

Kenlon Clark & William Rubio have been named the Grand Prize Winners of the WeScreenplay Screenwriting Contest for their script, Forged. Novelist Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game) was named the second place winner of the blindly-judged competition for his screenplay MESA 1966, along with Paul Gross for his script about Beethoven, Diminuendo. This year's WeScreenplay Competition attracted almost 1,000 submissions.

Grand Prize Winner
FORGED by Kenlon Clark & William Rubio
Nathan and Rebecca Jacobs are two of the brightest minds in the history of human civilization, but when their son goes missing, Rebecca will introduce a scientific breakthrough that will shock the world, and have the human race questioning their morality, mortality, and the potential limits that should be put on science.

2nd Place Winner
MESA 1966 by Orson Scott Card
***Novelist Orson Scott Card’s script MESA 1966 received the scores with blind reads to earn second place, so we've selected two second place winners. Full explanation here.

2nd Place Winner
DIMINUENDO by Paul Gross
Ludwig Van Beethoven, racing to complete two symphonies, confronts deafness, an oppressive government, unexpected family responsibilities and a failed relationship with a married woman

3rd Place Winner
THE LAST EXECUTION by Tom Vecchio
Dubbed the "mother-in-law from hell," Elizabeth "Ma" Duncan was the last woman executed in California for having her despised daughter-in-law murdered in 1958 because of an uncomfortably close relationship with her attorney son and her fear of being abandoned and alone in old age.

4th Place Winner
THE LEAN by Pearse Lehane
A disgraced lawyer must prevent an innocent man from being convicted of the murder of a police officer in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

5th Place Winner
DARLINGS by Aaron Yeung
On a farm in the middle of nowhere, a mysterious old woman and her eight-year old niece welcome in a band of criminals seeking shelter from a blizzard.

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